Flag Creek to Brightlingsea #1 Traditional Cache
Flag Creek to Brightlingsea #1
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This is a series of 17 caches taking you on a journey around Flag Creek in Great Bentley, to Brightlingsea and returning via a different route. Flag Creek has SSSI status. You may encounter cattle in some fields and parts of the walk may be overgrown at times but are passable. The caches vary in size and include some custom caches, please ensure all are replaced as found. Some of the caches are more challenging than others. As a minimum you will require tweezers and a pen to complete the series. We estimate the whole walk will take about 5 hours so don't forget your sandwiches and a drink. There is 1 other cache that can be picked up whilst doing this series. The suggested parking coordinates are on the B1027 near Flag Hill. Please park considerately. Great Bentley is the 2nd largest village in Tendring Essex and has the largest village green (43 acres) in the Country. It was originally named Benetlea then Much Bentley before it's current name. 'Bent' means grass and 'Ley' means land sown with grass so the village probably got it's name due to it's famous green. The village use to have a Port at Flag Creek where goods were imported and exported before the railway system was built. Brightlingsea is a coastal town also situated in Tendring Essex. In the 16th century it was a Island and sits at the Mouth of the River Colne. It was until recent years famous for Oyster farming and shipbuilding. Brightlingsea became a Cinque Port as a limb of the head Port of Sandwich. Cinque Port status meant that they were obligated to provide ships and men to fight for the King in time of war and in return were compensated by lucrative exemptions from Taxation. In 1995 it became famous for the successful protest against the export of live animals. Flag Creek is part of the Colne Estuary and supports an abundance of wildlife. It was originally known as Borefleet, Balfleet, Berfliet and Bordfliet Creek. There are various suggestions as to how it got it's name, they include the theory that there use to be a bore or tidal wave on it, hogs were driven down to it to drink (this is unlikely as it is salt water) or more likely it got it's name from the Anglo-Saxon word 'Bord' meaning border or boundary. Happy Caching
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